The frost Surname
frost Name Meaning and History
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone of an
icy and unbending disposition or who had white hair or a white beard,
from Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’, or
in the case of the Swedish name from a byname with the same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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